Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 14, 2010 / 01:03 am (CNA).- During a Mass for Argentina’s bicentennial, Archbishop Mario Antonio Cargnello of Salta encouraged the faithful to combat gay “marriage” with a “commitment in support of the family.”

After warning against efforts to “redefine marriage, ignoring the best wisdom of man and God’s plan,” the archbishop said, “We need to respond by holding up the family born of the union of a man and a woman as the most healthy atmosphere in which in which the human person is born and develops.”

Likewise, Archbishop Cargnello said a greater commitment to education is needed, as well as to justice, as the country celebrates its bicentennial.